tv The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer CNN February 28, 2022 3:00pm-4:00pm PST
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>> you don't want to miss president joe biden's first state of the union address. anderson cooper in ukraine and me in d.c. we're going to host the special live coverage at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. you can listen to our podcast. wolf blitzer in "the situation room." see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. the u.s. warning russia could intensify its attack on kyiv very, very soon as forces are being slowed but not stopped by ukrainian fighters. a mile's long russian military convoy is on the move outside of ukrainian capital tonight. this as vladmir putin is raising fears of an even wider mump mor war by putting his troops on
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high alert. p we we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." this hour u.s. officials fear russian forces could be preparing for a second wave of their invasion of ukraine. they are warning the worst of this war may be coming soon especially for resident of the ukrainian capital, kyiv. the city under siege for a fifth night. our chief international correspondent is on the scene for us. the fight for ukraine rages on and on. what's the latest? >> wolf, we have just heard from president zelensky who accused the russians of war crimes for
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killing civilians today in the city of kharkiv. he said the world should help to prevent russia from being able to use the skies. calling for a no fly zone. he also said that in terms of those talks, those negotiations between ukrainian delegation and russian delegation that took place on the ukrainian bel belarusian border, they had not yields the results. he said strikes continued throughout. he did say there were areas of conversations where they were reviewing them to see whether there might be something they can build on there. here on the ground, wolf, it was a little bit quieter for a while while the talks were going on. almost the moment they ended, we heard several loud explosions. i won't say we're hearing more explosions tonight but i will say that do appear to be more
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intense. question have been hearing the air raid sirens a couple of times as well. that's now standard procedure for most evenings here in kyiv. the big worry become, as you mentioned in your introduction, this massive convoy. miles long of russian troops, armor weaponary that appears to be bearing down on the capital. we know that ukrainian forces have gone above and beyond in terms of repelling attempts of russian forces to enter the city but this is something the likes of which we haven't seen yet and as you mentioned, u.s. officials have warned that they could start to implement other tactics. they could start to be less discriminatory about shelling or striking civilian areas. there's the potential that they could cut communications, electricity and host of other options that have many here in kyiv fearing for the worst. >> as you reporting in and
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seeing first hand on the ground over there, the defense of ukraine is not just being waged by members of the ukrainian military. every day citizens are getting involved, aren't they? >> it's true. it's been pretty extraordinary to see. the first couple of days you saw people in the state of shock and profound fear, understandably. today on the streets we were seeing a lot more defiance. people of all ages, men, women, coming out, volunteering, bigging sand bigs. we interviewed one grandmother, a retired economist who is b building malotov cocktails in her backyard and had some salty words about how she would greet the russians if they make it this far. we have also seen incredible act of courage. one town in central ukraine where a convoy of rush slan tanks found themselves
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blockading by men driving their cars. refusing to move the car, parking in front of the tanks until they were forced to turn around. another part of the country in the southeast which sgis now entirely under russian control, it was one of the most striking sights. a group of people went up to the municipality building, the central town hall. they were carrying ukrainian flags and they stared the russian shoeloldiers in the eyed sang the ukrainian anthem. we are seeing extraordinary acts of bravery, resilience and resistance. the question is how long is that sustainable if russia doubles down on this assault. >> they seem to be doing. stay safe over there. we'll get back to you. i want to get an update of the plood shed in ukraine second largest city. russia is being accused by president zelensky of committing
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war crimes. residential areas have been bombarded. >> reporter: the fighting in kharkiv getting closer to home on monday. this is video from one of the neighborhoods. two people can be seen running and crawling as the hail of rockets rains down. across the city to the east, more video shows chaotic scene after a still smoking missile falls and lodged in the street. farther north, buildings come under fire from rocket strikes exploding over the apartment complex. a man says the russian world is already right on my doorstep. two bodies lie motionless on the floor. kharkiv city council said monday's shelling left 31 injured and one dead. u.s. officials say the russians have hit civilian targets and
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monday's attack have the hallmarks of russian weaponary. russia is insisted throughout its invasion it will avoid civil yan civilian areas. the people of kharkiv seeing things differently . >> vladmir putin has put his nuclear forces on high alert. let's go to our chief national security correspondent reporting for us live from western y ukraine. jim, what is the u.s. response to putin's nuclear alert? >> the military out of the white
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house is his threat is largely a manufactured one with russian forces on their back do it. you might say over the weekend not going according do plan so far. slower progress in is an opportunity for putin to distract, perhaps strike some fear or the idea of fear into the eyes, into the hearts of western leaders. that said, i'm told that any time the world nuclear is mentioned or a threat involving nuclear forces from the country with the largest number of nuclear warheads in the world is something they take seriously. the u.s. military a takes seriously. they are cobnscience it's part f russia's first use of the weapons on the battlefield. it's part of their doctrine in response to conventional attacks. they're aware of that as well. add in one more dynamic, a cornered vladmir putin becomes
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more unpreunpredictable. they're not considering this an iminnocent threat but another piece of how much vladmir putin can threaten not skjust ukraine but europe and the world. >> a few problems indeed. there's concerns that you and i well know that within the u.s. intelligence community, very deep, serious concerns about putin's state of mind. >> reporter: there are. listen, with the dose of uncertainty again with vladmir putin, i spoke to senator mark warner this morning, he said let's grant that vladmir putin's mind is a black hole. they can't hope to have knowledge of the way he is making decisions but there's a structural problem here that u.s. officials, intelligence officials are aware of and that is he's a very tight circle of
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advisers that he listens to. he's been increasingly isolated in recent months and years during the covid pandemic. you see the end of him at very long tables even when meeting with closest advisers. that lack of people around him that can tell him either different opinions, different analysis or even hard facts or bad news creates a bad decision making environment which concerns the u.s. one man with that much power, not necessarily good information can lead to bad decisions and that's a principal concern of u.s. officials now with all the force that putin has amassed here now on the ground in ukraine. sd >> so, so worrisworrisome. thank you very much. stay safe. just ahead, russia unleashes a deadly new rocket attack. we'll break down putin's latest moves and what comes next. stay with us.
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we're following the breaking news for the battle of cukraine. the mayor says nine people were killed in rocket attacks. the president of ukraine is accusing russia of war crimes for targeting civilians. cnn matthew chance got a first hand look at the aftermath of one ferocious battle that left a russian convoy in ruins opinion we want to run you, some of this video is graphic. >> reporter: there's been a ferocious battle here on the
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outskirts of kyiv. this is a russian vehicle that is completely burned out. it's an access point to the northwest of kyiv. the russian column that's come down here has been absolutely hammered. it's been a very exposed situation right now. this is just a truck carrying supplies. look at this. what kind of munitions does it take to do that to a car, to a vehicle. i know speaking to the local ukrainian commanders here. they have been saying they were using western anti-tack smilss to attack these columns. look, so recent in the battle. this vehicle is still smoking. there's still smoke coming out the back of that.
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am in addmunition boxes on the . real scene of devastation along this bridge. look, i show you too much because there's a beside there. there's a russian soldier. he's laying there dead on the bridge. lying there dead on this bridge as his column has attempted to drive in and been thwarted. what's happened oaf the past couple of days since the invasion begun is that the ukraine, i was crouching down by a grenade. i didn't see that. let's move away from that. you've got the ukrainian military that is battle hardened from its fight in the east of the country. they have been fighting russians and russian backed rebels for a long time. they know what they are doing. they have been bolstered by the
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arrival of sting of missiles and anti-tank javelin missiles. yesterday sweden delivering 5,000 anti-tank missiles to this country to help ukrainians defend against the russian invasion. it's with the help of that weaponary that they have been able to really cause the russians a significant amount of pain. it's also something to do with the russian tactics as well. if they thought they were going to come into this city or come into this country and it was going to be a broad surrender that the military would roll over, that they weren't going to fight, that was obviously, look at the images of this twittest metal, that was a massive miscalculation on the part of the kremlin. sd >> that was matthew chance. a very courageous journalist
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reporting from just outside of kyiv. i want to bring in bryan todd. walk us through a bit of what's going on from the military perspective right now. >> the landscape is changing by the minute. we're fortunate to have them here to break it down. many eyes are on the battle as russian forces mostly in the west and approaching the city. you saw matthew chance riveting segment, that ambush of the russian convoy. how dp you o you see the battle playing out? >> they took on the airport. look like they had a bridge and rushing forces down. a lot of people expected them to go right for the center and try to catch the ukrainians. they didn't do it. now they have been moving down.
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they have taken resistance in losses. they are coming in now big from what we're seeing and they have a choice. do they go for the center, the seats of government and pay a bloody cost. the whole world is watching. the media is watching. russia is increasingly watching or try to encircle. this is something that takes 70, 80,000 people to do. >> i think it's the beginning of
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the long end of the regime. most of those belarusian troops, maybe 60, 70, 80,000 active and a quarter million reservists. the same thing as the russian constrict. they are encountering fierce ukrainian resistance from slovik brothers. belarus had the protests 2021. i think this is the beginning of the end for them. >> let's talk about the convoy reobserve we observed here. they are probleming resupplying their units. >> this is happening all over ukraine. you have these soft skinned vehicles driven mostly by constricts, not combat troops. need combat troops to protect them because the partisans. you're going to be getting
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points of resistance. we got to remember that from '41 to 1944 the fiercest resistance to the nazis was over this ground in ukraine and belarus. this will be really, really hard to sustain. >> it's going to be -- you see they can resupply the convoys. get the forces ramped up in and around kyiv. we'll be watching this in realtime as the battle for the capital city unfolds. excellent analysis. thank you very much for joining us. coming up, the ukrainian refugee crisis worsening tonight as the russian military opens fire on residential neighborhoods and civilian casualty grow. the united nation says 520,000 ukrainians have fled the country. our special coverage will continue. ey manager) different how?
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to get out of crew ukraine, there's plenty more trying to leave still. you may end up stuck outside for hours on end. the train is the pest option for a lot of people especially those with small kids, but as we found o out today it's still far from a sure bet. >> reporter: at the train station no one knows when the next train to poland will come. they wait in frigid temperatures just in case. sundayly an announcement send people rushing for platform five. please keep calm and go down the stairs. how can i not panic? let us in. my kid has a disability. he's downstairs with our bags, she tells us. we traveled three days. i'm nervous. another woman traveling with a toddler tells us. this mother pushing a stroller says everything in just a single
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glance. under the platform it's a free for all. sometimes gets tense. people push their way to the front but police allow only women and children. men are told not to bother. this woman is offered a place on the train with her baby but not her husband. she won't go without him. no, i can't, she says. he has everything. he has friends there. how will he get there? not by train. at the top of the stairs police usher women and children through the crowd tossing suitcases and pulling children up by their coat. it's all a bit overwhelming for kids and for mothers. they are packing as many people as they possibly can onto these trains but there are still many people, including women and children who likely will not make it. this nigerian woman who came
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from kyiv two days ago is one of them. >> i'm overwhelmed. i never want to be in this position again in life. i couldn't sleep for days. i'm so happy, at least, i can get into the train. >> reporter: with most ukrainian men barred from leaving the country, the men purn turned awe foreign. >> they told us we need a lot of money. $500, $600. for the waiting families the next train sdu a few hours later. many who travel for days to get here, it can't come soon enough. the first woman who traveled three days with her disabled son did manage to get on the train. she was one of the last people to board. as for the foreign men left behind, some say it's very unfair they have been strand and unable to board the trains. others have told me they are content to stay behind for a few days as long as it means that
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children are getting out safely. >> such a heartbreaking scene. thank you very much. we have seen a deadly new round of rocket attacks on ukraine's second largest city. fred is nearby on the russian side of the border. the fight for kharkiv is fierce but russia is facing unexpected set backs. tell our viewers what you're seeing. >> reporter: you're right. it seems as they are facing some set backs here and really if you look at the offensive that the russians are conducting now, it's almost an ideal situation for russia. the place where i am right now, where most of the russian forces are staged, it's right across the border so the russians can replenish forces. they can move in weapons close to that area. you have seen russian forces come out with plaque vvests hun windows of truck. the other thing we're seeing and
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we found this remarkable is there's a lot of broken down russian military vehicles even on the russian side. we saw multiple rocket launcher which is massive weapon with a lot of fire power. that was stranded by the side of the road with soldiers trying to repair it. we saw a heavy machine top led oaf in the ditch. apparently some logistical problems that can be seen on the side and we have seen that throughout the past couple of days with vehicles having to be towed, vehicles having to be repaired. we do have to say that some of the reports we have been getting out of kharkiv is the which he willing there, we did observe the russian shell a lot of artillery rockets from this area wards ukraine. a will the of those will be going towards the kharkiv area. we saw the russians move more
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mobile rocket launchers toward kharkiv as well. very powerful weapons. it does seem impossible to say with any certainty that the russians are moving allot of heavy forces closer to that town, possibly to try to escalate the assault on that area. wolf. >> thank you very much. just ahead, we'll have more on breaking news out of ukraine. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." they replaced the glass and recalilibrated my safety syste. that's service i can trust. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪
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heading to bomb shelters. what's the mood there tonight? >> reporter: it's a different mood than happening in places of kyiv or kharkiv where we have seen fighting in the streets. for the most part, most people are able to continue their daily life. obviously watching very closely. there's lot of fear, a lot of concern. we have seen long lines of people signing up to be part of the defense forces if that becomes necessary here in lyviv. people are trying to help those who are trying o get to the polish border, the line to get to the polish border. if you have a vehicle, it can take more than 24 hours just to get there and line heading for miles along the highway of cars
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just bumper to bumper. we passed that as we were coming in today. there's a lot of fear and concern about what may lie ahead. all eyes are on kyiv. >> earlier in the day on the polish border with you ukraine, what's the level of desperation among ukrainians who are trying to flee their country. >> reporter: it's a nightmare. we focus on the battlefield and forces that are fighting. we have seen so many families that have been torn apart. women and children going to the border to try to get out as best they can. once they get to the border, they have to go through check
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points and register. that process can take many hours, an entire day. it's women and children. it's freezing cold here. it's a miserable scene at the border. there's some organizations that are getting them food, coffee. there's a will the of just concern, e aand foor about what they are leaving behind. >> stay safe over there. we'll stay close touch with you. anderson will have much, much more from ukraine later tonight on a special two-hour edition. that's coming up at 8:00 p.m. eastern. thank you very, very mump. let's go do white house right now. the biden administration is turning up the heat on russia. are they seeing results? >> the scale of the economic
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punishment laid out by the u.s. and alliance of more than 30 countries is without pres ceden. the intensity of the sanctions they are using to attack that economy and you're seeing results immediately. the sanctions are expected to have more impact over time. in just one day, you saw the ruble drop more than 30% at one point today against the dollar. less than one cent. recovered a bit oaf time but this underscores one of the most critical moves that u.s. and their allies agreed to. that was freezing the assets of the russian central bank as well as freezing the ability to do transactions in the u.s., eu and uk. the reason why is over the course of the last several years, the russian president has utilized the ability to build up his foreign currency reserve. that's trying to insulate the russian economy from sanctions from the west giving him an opportunity to utilize that money to block the sanctions
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that would be put in place. if you freeze the assets, they are not housed in russia. they are in currencies that are not russian ruble, you undercut the central bank's ability to stabilize their own currency and create potential for inflationary spiral to have massive impact on the country. there's a potential for a financial crisis as well. we saw lines at atms throughout russia over the course of day. the bite is happening now and so is the back and forth on the diplomatic front. no diplomatic talks now but we learn the diplomats, 12 russians were expelled from the country. the u.s. said it had bpeen in process over a serioues of mont. how dangerous is vladmir putin now that his invasion of ukraine is not going according to his plan. i'll ask the former director of national intelligence. james clapapper is standing by
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even more dangerous -- in more dangerous ways right now, now that he's backed into a corner? >> well, i do. i think he's probably even more frustrated than he was before. he did not expect two things. i don't think he expected resistance of the ukrainians, ukrainian people and i don't think he expected a lackluster performance of the russian army. that's got do contribute heightened frustration. i think what it will do is, i'm not unique here, i think he's going to double down on heavier fire power, particularly artillery which the russian army is always big for. it's going to become very brutal and very nasty in the ukraine. that's what i anticipate. >> you've been very blunt in your comments and you say putin has become more unhinged than you've ever seen him before.
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is this a different putin now than you dealt with, for example, when you were director of national intelligence? >> well, what i draw on is his public demeanor and behavior. classically, putin is almost a machine. he's cold, emotionless. he is shown anger and the incoherence of some of his statements is very different for him. it's clear there is a rage there that's been festering for about 30 years. he had time to sulk and grieve and this has all come to a head now. test o itit bears watch and i'me
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my colleagues are watching it closely. >> putin has put russian nuclear de deterrent forces on high alert. how great is the risk of the very serious miscalculation right now that could have purely devastating well, it's, you know, we are in a higher state of risk than we were a week ago. that's very clear. i -- i do think the administration did exactly the right thing, and not -- not react by a con com night raise in our alert level. and there is the issue of what -- what exactly was meant by what he said. the first thing i would be interested in is are there any physical manifestations of a higher state of readiness for the soviet strategic nuclear forces, specifically, for example, have more mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles deployed out of garrison at a higher rate than
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possible? or are there additional sea-launched ballistic missile carrying subs that have deployed? so you would be looking for those sort of physical manifestations of a heightened alert. this could maybe meant nothing more than a heightened state of command and control. ensure that your communications are -- are up to snub so you can actually transmit orders. it may -- it may have been nothing more than that but the fact that he said it is, uh, for me at least, raises a concern. >> do you see an off ramp at all for putin? >> you i have been brainstorming a lot about that, and it is hard for me to come up with a face-saving off ramp at this point for putin. i -- i just don't know what -- what that would be. uh, i wish there were one. >> me, too. the former director of national intelligence, retired general jamgs clapper, thanks so much for joining us. we will continue this
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conversation. just ahead. there is more on the breaking news. i will speak live with a demember of ukraine's parliament hunkered down in the capital tonight as russian forces are closing in. stay with us. you are in the situation room.m. meet apartment 2a, 2b and 2c. 2a's monitoring his money with a simple text. like what yosee abe? 2b's covered with zero overdraft fees when he overdraws his account by fifty bucks or less. and 2c, well, she's not going to let a lost card get her stressed. am i right? that's right.
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